Author: Hanju Lee

From cortado-style coffee to Old Bay barbecue-flavored ice cream, guests could come to R. House when the doors open at 7 a.m. and find reasons to stay all day.

More than a year in the making, the Remington food hall is ready to welcome patrons from Baltimore and beyond to sample food and drink from a dozen different vendors. The space opens to the public at 5 p.m. Thursday.

“We call this thing R. House — we want it to be welcoming like a home,” said Jon Constable, development manager at Seawall Development Co., the food hall’s developer. “We’re trying to create just the friendliest, warmest place in the city.”

A $100,000 award presented by Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake on November 30 will support the Social Innovation Lab’s (SIL) mission of accelerating difference-making nonprofits and mission-driven for-profits.

At City Hall, Rawlings-Blake disbursed between $50,000 and $100,000 in city funds to seven Baltimore organizations, including SIL. The money was awarded through the Baltimore Development Corporation’s Innovation Fund, which was set up to support entrepreneurship and job growth in the city. SIL will use the funds to help cover the program’s operating costs.

“I’m thrilled that SIL has been selected to receive this funding alongside other leading organizations in the Baltimore innovation and entrepreneurship sector,” says SIL Director Darius Graham. “This award not only recognizes the impact of our work to date, but it will help advance our mission of accelerating ventures that work to create change and opportunity in Baltimore and beyond.”

The other recipients were Innovation Village ($100,000), Conscious Venture Lab in Innovation Village ($100,000), Light City ($100,000), Baltimore Angels ($75,000), Impact Hub ($50,000) and Betamore ($50,000).